Campaign-horn



(No Model.)

W. P. WOOT'TEN.

CAMPAIGN HORN.

No. 582,890. Patented May 18, 1897.

Witnesses. Inventor.

Attorney.

UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

WILLIAM F. WVOOTTEN, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAM PAlGN-HORN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 582,890, dated May 18, 1897.

Application filed November 14:, 1896. Serial No. 612,055. (No model.)

To wit whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FRAZIER WOOTTEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Reading, county of Berks, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Campaign-Horns, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a novel form of horn or wind instrument adapted for use in political campaigns and the like, the object being merely to afford amusement by bringing into view a novel device forming a part of my improved instrument and which is fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation, partly in section, showing my improvement applied to an ordinary bakers horn, such as is frequently used to give vent to the exuberant spirits of small boys and others in times of unusual excitement or festivity. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line w a: of Fig. 1.

A represents the tubular body of the horn, and B the usual mouthpiece. p

O is an opening of suitable size in the body of the horn located at an intermediate point between the usual mouthpiece B and the op posite end I).

D represents a swinging device pivotally suspended from the edge of the opening 0,

which is nearest the end I) of the horn, by means of suitable trunnions d d on the device D and bearings e e therefor fixed to the horn in proper relation to the opening a. This device D, as represented in the drawings, con sists merely of a plate of sheet metal having a suitable inscription thereon. This plate hangs normally within the body A, as indicated in full lines in the drawings, and with it in place the horn may be blown from the end B in the usual way without noticeable effect either upon the sound or upon the device D. If, however, the horn be reversed and the mouth applied to the end b, the ingoing blast of air striking the device D in the direction of the arrow causes said device to swing upward through the opening a, as indicated by the arc f, until it is stopped in exterior position, as indicated by dotted lines in the drawings, thus exposing to view the face of the device with its inscription, as indicated.

It is evident that the device may be greatly varied in shape or inscription to meet the demands of special occasions.

At either end of the horn instructions may appear, as indicated in the drawings, Blow here for any desired word or name, as of a presidential candidate, for instance, being used.

What I claim is A campaign-horn having a body adapted to receive a blast of air from either end with an intermediate side opening 0, and a device pivoted thereto so as to hang normally within the body of the horn and to be swung outward through said openingby a blast from one of the ends of the horn substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. WOOTTEN. Witnesses:

W. G. STEWART,

ADAM L. OTTERBEIN. 

